The Anatomy Of A Dominant Strategy
This week AJ discusses the anatomy of a dominant strategy so you can recognize them when deciding what to play in a given format and keep them in mind when building decks.
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Deckbuilding: Pitfalls & Advancement
Todd reflects on what we’ve seen over the last few months in Standard to find something tangible that we can apply to the future Standard as well as deckbuilding in general.
Beating Control With Midrange
Grand Prix Louisville winner Brian Braun-Duin has come up with a few tips for how to most effectively attack a control deck with a midrange deck that he’d like to share with you.
A Trip To Paris
If you’re looking for a surefire way to increase your win rate and lessen frustration, take a look at Frank’s latest article about the art of mulliganing.
Streamlining Your Deck
Reid talks about the importance of streamlining your deck in the current Standard format using the examples of Owen Turtenwald’s Mono-Black Devotion and Ben Lundquist’s W/R Aggro.
Perfect Practice
Pro Tour Dark Ascension Top 8 competitor Matt Costa presents some techniques to help you learn as much as you can from your losses as well as your wins. Check them out!
Sideboard Lightning Bolt
Two-time Pro Tour Top 8 competitor Sam Black talks about the B/R Devotion deck he’s been working on in Modern while explaining some of his philosophies about deckbuilding.
Cutting Ties
Ari explains why the comfort of familiarity is a hell of a trap in competitive Magic: The Gathering by looking at Constructed and Limited in the long term and short term.
How To Get Into Legacy: The Blue Wasteland Path
Two-time SCG Legacy Open finalist Drew Levin concludes his How To Get Into Legacy series with a guide on how to build to a three-color Delver deck from the ground up.
Best & Worst Of 2013
In this week’s article, two-time Pro Tour winner Brian Kibler reveals his list of the three best decks and the three worst decks he played last year. Take a look!
Highlights Of 2013
SCG Invitational winner Reid Duke looks back on this past year, shares the lessons he learns from the various decks he played, and talks about his goals for next year.
Make The Right Play For You
Sam refutes the idea of the “right play” or the “perfect play” and explains why players should concentrate on figuring out the play that will win the game at hand instead.
Magic Resolutions For 2014
Grand Prix Boston-Worcester winner Brian DeMars reflects upon how he did with his Magic resolutions in 2013 and shares his new ones for the upcoming year.
How To Get Into Legacy: The Black Wasteland Path
In this week’s edition of How To Get Into Legacy, Drew tells you how to go about building your collection to eventually get to three-color black tempo and midrange decks.
Looking Back & Looking Ahead
Pro Tour Hall of Fame member Brian Kibler reflects on 2013, looking back at the goals he set and what he accomplished, and talks about what he’d like to happen next year.